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[hanifahmed Friend hanifahmedJoin date: August 2008Posts: 576Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 67 Thanked: 141 times in 110 posts]

#135878

Just a thread to collate everyone’s recommended host and plan (with reasons why ofcourse).

My top for basic and cheap:
one.com
3GB space
Unlimited Bandwidth
Only £9+VAT for one year (£10.35ish at 15% VAT)
1 MySQL database
1 Domain

For more advanced:
hostgator.com
Hatchling Plan
Unlimited Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
Prices vary depending on length but for one year it’s $6.95 p/m (approx £55.60 for one year at £1=$1.50 exchange rate).
1 Domain
Unlimited MySQL databases
45 Day Money back gurantee
And many more: http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml

Anymore anyone?

Thanks

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#281002

I get all this for $5 a month….

• 1 FREE Domain Name
• UNLIMITED Storage!
• UNLIMITED Data Transfer!
• UNLIMITED Databases/Email/FTP Accounts
• Fantastico (Over 35 Scripts)
• JSP/ASP Available
• Spam Protection- IMAP Support
• Microsoft® Frontpage® Compatible
• Unlimited Add-on Domains
• Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL
• MySQL 4+, PHP 4+
• MySQL 5 & PHP 5.2+ Available!

http://www.lunarpages.com

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1. hanifahmed

[jay973 Friend jay973Join date: October 2008Posts: 401Downloads:0Uploads:12 Thanks: 28 Thanked: 105 times in 68 posts]

#281689

I get this for $6.95 per month

UNLIMITED Hosting Space
UNLIMITED File Transfer
web hostingHost UNLIMITED Domains!!!
2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL
2000/2002 Front Page Extensions
CPanel
Free Domain Forever!
Free Site Builder
24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support

http://www.bluehost.com/
They are always among the best in reviews and the support is second to none.

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1. hanifahmed

[didima Friend didimaJoin date: September 2007Posts: 394Downloads:2Uploads:6 Thanks: 12 Thanked: 31 times in 3 posts]

#282695

You must try aeyweb.com and see the prices offers yourself, and you wont be disoppointed.
visit http://www.aeyweb.com:)

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1. hanifahmed

[yerg Friend yergJoin date: February 2006Posts: 62Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#282830

Are we looking at quality or price here?
Mines bigger than yours and cheaper isn’t always the best route.

So my options aren’t the cheapest.

Media Temple
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$20 / month
100GB storage
Host up to 100 domains
1000 email accounts

Rochen
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$11.95 / month
500MB storage
3 domains
Joomla Specialists

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1. hanifahmed

[sunrise Friend sunriseJoin date: February 2007Posts: 920Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 103 Thanked: 166 times in 114 posts]

#282841

Are you talking about a regular hosting plan for $20 a month, or a VPS.

By the way, is anyone here using a VPS instead of a regular hosting plan. Any comments about VPS plans?

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[hanifahmed Friend hanifahmedJoin date: August 2008Posts: 576Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 67 Thanked: 141 times in 110 posts]

#282859

Dosn’t really matter if it’s cheap or quality.

This way it gives people a broader selection to choose from!

A website link would help aswell!

Thanks.

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#282863

I would agree with Yerg… I’d rather pay a few extra $’s a month for a good service. I’ve been with some hosts, both cheap and not so cheap, who provide a terrible service so I don’t mind paying a bit extra if I know the service is going to be good.

My only fault with Lunarpages.com is that their Cpanel is incredibly slow sometimes but their outstanding tech support makes up for it.

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1. hanifahmed

[yerg Friend yergJoin date: February 2006Posts: 62Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#282891

<em>@sunrise 95361 wrote:</em><blockquote>Are you talking about a regular hosting plan for $20 a month, or a VPS.
</blockquote>

I’m referring to GS

Sorry bout the no links issue but I couldn’t put any BBS code into the past for some reason

[nefar Friend nefarJoin date: December 2007Posts: 434Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 42 times in 1 posts]

#282895

<em>@scotty 95387 wrote:</em><blockquote>I would agree with Yerg… I’d rather pay a few extra $’s a month for a good service. I’ve been with some hosts, both cheap and not so cheap, who provide a terrible service so I don’t mind paying a bit extra if I know the service is going to be good.

My only fault with Lunarpages.com is that their Cpanel is incredibly slow sometimes but their outstanding tech support makes up for it.</blockquote>

I’ve had hosting with lunarpages a year now. I am going to renew for another year here very soon. They are the first hosting company I’ve stayed with that long. I have utterly horrible luck with hosting companies. I even had one just shut down and not tell anyone. What a nightmare that was >:(.

I have the basic linux package . I had windows hosting once, cost more and was slower so I never looked back after going linux. When I bought the package last year it was $7.95 a month now they are charging $4.95 if you do a 12 or 24 plan in advance. So I’ll be paying $3.00 a month less this year which works for me Ha. Though I think I may get a SSL plan which is going to increase my costs. They want $99 a year for a cert & charge an additional $2.95 for a dedicated IP. I really don’t know if that’s a fair price for a Cert or not, I’ve never had to deal with getting one so I still have to research it.

The only issue I’ve had over the year was once my server got set to an old version of PHP. That caused some of my site functions to stop working. I put in a trouble ticket which was answered with in the hour. Ended up taking me about 5 seconds in cpanel to fix.

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#282899

$99 for an SSL cert is about the going rate but I think Lunar will install if for free.

[hanifahmed Friend hanifahmedJoin date: August 2008Posts: 576Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 67 Thanked: 141 times in 110 posts]

#284138

I’ve just discovered JustHost (http://www.justhost.com)
They are an English Company – and they have good offers going – especially as you can get a free domain name name for life (including .co.uk domains that a lot of good servers don’t provide).

* Unlimited GB’s of Space
* Unlimited GB’s of Transfer
* Unlimited Domain Hosting
* Unlimited E-Mail Accounts
* Unlimited MySQL Databases
* FREE Site Builder
* FREE Domain for Life
* FREE Instant Setup
* CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL

I also used the coupon: “50Off” to get 50% off of my option!!

No idea how long it’ll last for – but it was a very good deal.

They came very well recommended as well – 3rd on the TheHostingChart list.
http://www-thehostingchart.com/

[SP Media Friend SP MediaJoin date: September 2014Posts: 477Downloads:0Uploads:12 Thanks: 38 Thanked: 70 times in 27 posts]

#284267

You’d find that they seem to want to prevent you from hosting quite a lot of data on their servers – what’s more, you’ll find that if you happened to use, say, for example 400GB they’d swiftly be in touch.

One thing to point out, they also have a term on their site which says you can’t use 25% of the system resources for more than 90 seconds, stream videos, audio, provide downloads, the list goes on.

You get what you pay for.

[hanifahmed Friend hanifahmedJoin date: August 2008Posts: 576Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 67 Thanked: 141 times in 110 posts]

#284268

Very true.
But I found other perfectly reasonable hosts as well who provide much lower Space and Bandwidth at maybe a few pounds less – so I thought I’d go Unlimited!

This client is never going to use the entire capacity of this service so hey – no real loss for me!

I probably will use LunarPages instead of JustHost as I think they lease out servers from another company as well – eNom I think. So hey – this means I’ll pay a higher price from them compared to others.

[SP Media Friend SP MediaJoin date: September 2014Posts: 477Downloads:0Uploads:12 Thanks: 38 Thanked: 70 times in 27 posts]

#284269

Well just to point out, nothing is unlimited. I’d email them and check what amount of resources you’d need to use before they limit you.

It’s a wise precaution. Last thing you want is the site being disabled just as you go to sleep. 🙂

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